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From: tundra@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu (John Kemp)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.hp
Subject: 20Gb OPTICAL INFO
Message-ID: <1990Mar14.183210.915@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu>
Date: 14 Mar 90 18:32:10 GMT
Sender: tundra@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu (John Kemp)
Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana
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	*** 20 Gbyte r/w Optical JukeBox ***

Anybody know the details of this beast?
We have received the following information.  Can you 
verify or deny the following:

1) a discless 340 CANNOT access a 20Gb Optical drive as
   a block device, or receive open/read/write/close from programs
   (same person says that on a 340 with a disc, you CAN)

2) a 20Gb Optical drive can be treated "logically" as 
   one huge storage media, i.e. you can copy a 999Mb
   to the drive without user inetervention.

We want to have a discless 340 booting off of a 835 
(because it is a cheap way to get a SCSI port).  But
the details are kind of fuzzy.  HELP!

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